DalisAndy
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Magnesium Sulfate
Can boric acid react with magnesium sulfate? I was going to use it as a drying agent.
Elements Collected: 19/81 (Excluding all radioactive, using placecard for those)
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Well, Sulfuric acid is one of the strongest, and Boric Acid not so much. Magnesium is highly electropositive, and it is going to want to romance the
strongest acid.
So probably, no reaction. Unless, Magnesium Borate happens to be very very insoluble.
I am rendering this opinion with zero confidence. But, I'm sure someone with more knowledge will
clear things up.
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Your question is unclear. Are you trying to dehydrate boric acid using anh. MgSO<sub>4</sub> as a desiccant?
Quote: Originally posted by zed  | Well, Sulfuric acid is one of the strongest, and Boric Acid not so much. Magnesium is highly electropositive, and it is going to want to romance the
strongest acid.
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Electropositivity has nothing to do with anything here.
[Edited on 25-10-2015 by blogfast25]
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